CDC's Diabetes Program - Data & Trends - Hospitalization for Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis - Number (in Thousands) of Hospital Discharges, Number (in Thousands) of Days of Hospital Stay, and Average Length of Stay (LOS) in Days for Discharges with Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis and Diabetes as Secondary Diagnosis, by Race and Sex, United States, 1980

Number (in Thousands) of Hospital Discharges, Number (in Thousands) of Days of Hospital Stay, and Average Length of Stay (LOS) in Days for Discharges with Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis and Diabetes as Secondary Diagnosis, by Race and Sex, United States, 1980–2003

		Total		White		Black
Year	Type	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1980	Discharges	28	35	21	25	-	-
	Days	360	389	264	282	61	49
	Average LOS	13.1	11.0	12.4	11.3	22.2	11.1
1981	Discharges	27	49	24	40	-	8
	Days	283	531	257	435	22	92
	Average LOS	10.5	10.9	10.6	10.9	10.5	11.4
1982	Discharges	35	52	27	36	-	11
	Days	329	592	251	411	30	124
	Average LOS	9.4	11.3	9.2	11.4	14.0	11.0
1983	Discharges	33	64	29	50	-	9
	Days	310	706	260	523	32	124
	Average LOS	9.5	11.0	9.0	10.5	14.0	14.1
1984	Discharges	40	68	33	51	-	10
	Days	328	660	279	492	28	91
	Average LOS	8.2	9.7	8.5	9.6	7.6	9.0
1985	Discharges	48	70	39	54	-	10
	Days	404	591	329	464	43	81
	Average LOS	8.4	8.5	8.4	8.7	8.6	8.0
1986	Discharges	60	84	49	65	7	12
	Days	489	889	403	613	50	131
	Average LOS	8.1	10.5	8.1	9.5	7.7	11.1
1987	Discharges	60	96	49	72	-	12
	Days	525	852	426	658	51	91
	Average LOS	8.7	8.9	8.7	9.1	10.2	7.6
1988	Discharges	81	106	67	78	9	20
	Days	755	989	667	743	59	188
	Average LOS	9.3	9.3	10.0	9.5	6.2	9.3
1989	Discharges	71	97	56	70	8	14
	Days	516	917	407	680	59	127
	Average LOS	7.2	9.5	7.3	9.7	7.3	9.1
1990	Discharges	80	99	64	67	8	21
	Days	625	895	492	634	64	177
	Average LOS	7.8	9.1	7.7	9.4	8.3	8.4
1991	Discharges	93	107	65	70	14	17
	Days	678	855	468	548	120	148
	Average LOS	7.3	8.0	7.2	7.8	8.3	8.6
1992	Discharges	99	151	69	96	11	27
	Days	912	1205	674	788	111	204
	Average LOS	9.2	8.0	9.8	8.2	10.0	7.5
1993	Discharges	113	154	81	101	14	26
	Days	773	1265	556	841	107	214
	Average LOS	6.9	8.2	6.9	8.3	7.6	8.4
1994	Discharges	112	149	67	95	15	21
	Days	733	1034	469	684	85	157
	Average LOS	6.6	6.9	7.0	7.2	5.8	7.4
1995	Discharges	106	147	68	99	13	19
	Days	672	1011	455	715	73	129
	Average LOS	6.4	6.9	6.6	7.2	5.8	6.7
1996	Discharges	111	165	76	97	13	27
	Days	638	1153	454	705	77	132
	Average LOS	5.8	7.0	6.0	7.2	6.1	4.9
1997	Discharges	120	164	73	104	17	26
	Days	635	941	412	624	84	143
	Average LOS	5.3	5.8	5.6	6.0	5.0	5.5
1998	Discharges	142	187	89	116	19	32
	Days	778	1137	500	717	122	192
	Average LOS	5.5	6.1	5.6	6.2	6.3	6.0
1999	Discharges	133	192	80	121	19	34
	Days	727	1000	457	635	85	171
	Average LOS	5.5	5.2	5.7	5.2	4.4	5.0
2000	Discharges	132	225	78	134	22	38
	Days	654	1199	409	744	104	195
	Average LOS	5.0	5.3	5.2	5.6	4.6	5.2
2001	Discharges	149	197	96	118	16	38
	Days	717	1019	495	610	74	198
	Average LOS	4.8	5.2	5.2	5.2	4.5	5.2
2002	Discharges	159	175	105	98	23	36
	Days	833	937	572	496	105	216
	Average LOS	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.1	4.6	6.1
2003	Discharges	169	213	115	131	21	35
	Days	810	1004	561	615	100	173
	Average LOS	4.8	4.7	4.9	4.7	4.7	4.9

- Number of discharges < 5,000

Methods and Limitations

Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Care Statistics, data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey and Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. U.S. Bureau of the Census, census of the population and population estimates and National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, bridged-race population estimates. Data computed by personnel in the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.

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Number (in Thousands) of Hospital Discharges, Number (in Thousands) of Days of Hospital Stay, and Average Length of Stay (LOS) in Days for Discharges with Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis and Diabetes as Secondary Diagnosis, by Race and Sex, United States, 1980–2003